Referee Stéphanie Frappart is escorted off the pitch by police after being confronted by angry players and staff following the Greek Cup final.
- Referee Stéphanie Frappart had to be escorted off the field by the police
- Frappart was confronted by Aris players and staff after the Greek Cup final
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Referee Stéphanie Frappart had to be escorted off the field by police after the Greek Cup final between Panathinaikos and Aris.
Frappart issued three red cards during the match, sending off Panathinaikos’ Giannis Kotsiras and the pair of Aris Jean Jules and Vladimir Darida.
Even if there were no supporters in the stadium, Frappart was still confronted by Aris players and staff, as reported by Ouest-France.
Aris president Theodoros Karypidis was seen confronting Frappart after the match.
Panathinaikos won the match 1–0, with Georgios Vagiannidis scoring in the seventh minute of injury time at the end of the second half.
Referee Stéphanie Frappart had to be escorted off the field by police after the Greek Cup final
Panathinaikos won 1-0 in the Greek Cup final, a match in which three red cards were shown
Frappart became the female referee to officiate the Greek Cup final. No spectators were allowed due to hooliganism problems in Greece.
On December 1, 2022, Frappart made history by becoming the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match when she oversaw the match between Costa Rica and Germany in Qatar.
Frappart made history by becoming the first female referee of a men’s World Cup match.
She was also the first female referee in Ligue 1 and was in charge of the 2019 UEFA Super Cup between Liverpool and Chelsea.
Frappart was also the first woman to referee a men’s Champions League match – the clash between Juventus and Dynamo kyiv in 2020.
